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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Christopher J. L. Murray
Summary: The Global Burden of Disease Study has evolved over the past 30 years and is now a collaborative effort involving over 8,000 scientists and analysts from more than 150 countries, providing assessments of thousands of outcomes for diseases, injuries, and risk factors in over 200 countries and territories.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Valentin Rousson, Isabella Locatelli
Summary: The objective of this study was to measure the (direct and indirect) impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality in 12 European countries in 2020. Using demographic and mortality data, as well as information from the Human Mortality Database, the researchers calculated the life loss in 2020 for men and women living in Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. The results showed that significant population life loss occurred in 8 countries, while no significant losses were found in the other 4 countries. The study also found that the life loss varied with age, with older individuals experiencing greater losses. Overall, the population life losses in 2020 were much lower than those during the Spanish flu in 1918.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Siqi Ai, Jinlei Qi, Jiangmei Liu, Lijun Wang, Peng Yin, Ruiyun Li, Chongjian Wang, Hualiang Lin, Maigeng Zhou
Summary: Recent research in China found that both cold and hot temperatures can significantly impact years of life lost and life expectancy, with exposure to non-optimal temperatures leading to life expectancy reductions. Cold exposure was found to have a higher effect on life loss compared to hot exposure, highlighting the importance of regional adaptive policies to mitigate the mortality burden associated with temperature extremes.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
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Psychiatry
Xiang Liu, Dan Wang, Ruoxin Fan, Rongke Wang, Hu Xiang, Xianmei Yang, Yuanyuan Liu
Summary: Excess mortality in people with schizophrenia has been extensively reported in western China, with suicide being the leading cause of premature death. Strategies to prevent premature death, particularly suicide, are urgently required in this region.
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Hyuna Jang, Kyung-Hwa Choi, Jung-Ae Kim, Yong-jun Choi
Summary: This study developed a life table for people with disabilities (PWDs) and calculated the life expectancy (LE) and healthy life expectancy (HALE) based on sex, severity, and disability types. The results showed that PWDs had lower LE and HALE compared to the general population, and there were variabilities based on disability types.
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Clinical Neurology
Julie Werenberg Dreier, Thomas Munk Laursen, Torbjorn Tomson, Oleguer Plana-Ripoll, Jakob Christensen
Summary: People with epilepsy have a higher mortality rate compared to the general population, resulting in a reduced life expectancy of around 12 years. The causes of death vary, but psychiatric comorbidity and modifiable risk factors such as accidents and cardiovascular disorders contribute significantly to the excess mortality. Preventive measures should focus on addressing these factors to reduce epilepsy-related deaths.
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Mitsuyoshi Urashima, Emiri Tanaka, Hiroto Ishihara, Taisuke Akutsu
Summary: This cross-sectional study examines the correlation between life expectancy prior to COVID-19 and excess mortality during the pandemic in aging countries.
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Economics
Hessam Bavafa, Anita Mukherjee, Tyler Q. Welch
Summary: The study reveals that individuals with higher wealth have better health outcomes in terms of disability-free years and working years after retirement, but also experience more non-working years. These within-cohort gradients of wealth have steepened over the past decade. The robustness of the results is tested by using education as an alternative indicator for socioeconomic status and analyzing the impact of health shocks on wealth accumulation.
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Economics
Lei Pan, Ashenafi Biru, Sandra Lettu
Summary: This study examines the impact of energy poverty on public health using data from 175 countries, finding that energy poverty has a detrimental effect on public health and living standards can mitigate this impact. The results are robust across different specifications and health indicators, with implications for public health policies and the transition to renewable energy.
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Environmental Sciences
Ying Liu, Shuxia Yang, Chunyu Li, Qidi Fang, Chuang Han, Chuanlong Cheng, Yunxian Cao, Feng Cui, Xiujun Li
Summary: This study used years of life lost (YLL) and potential gains in life expectancy (PGLE) to examine the effects of different levels of air pollutants on life expectancy. The results showed that O3, PM10, and PM2.5 had significant associations with cause-specific YLL, while the effects of CO, NO2, and SO2 were weaker.
AIR QUALITY ATMOSPHERE AND HEALTH
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Eunice Y. S. Chan, Davy Cheng, Janet Martin
Summary: The pandemic had a significant impact on the United States population in 2020, with metrics such as excess deaths, life expectancy, and total years of life lost showing negative effects. Life expectancy decreased by 1.67 years, resulting in a total of 7,362,555 years of life lost.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Christine R. Schwartz, Rodrigo Gonzalez-Velastin, Anita Li
Summary: Trends in life expectancy and marriage patterns determine expected lifetime years married. There has been an increase in adult life expectancy but a decline in marriage rates, with cohabitation and divorce becoming more common. The expected lifetime years married for men have decreased since 1960, especially for those without a bachelor's degree (BA). However, men with a BA have maintained a relatively stable high expected lifetime years married.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nafsiah Mboi, Ruri Syailendrawati, Samuel Ostroff, Iqbal Elyazar, Katrin Burkart, Maegan Dirac, Luisa S. Flor, Lisa M. Force, Nicholas Kassebaum, Hmwe Kyu, Jonathan Mosser, Kanyin L. Ong, Gregory A. Roth, Jeffrey D. Stanaway, Scott Glenn, Pungkas B. Ali, Laksono Trisnantoro, Rozana Agustiya, Luna Amalia, Irfan Ardani, Ratih Ariningrum, Ni Ketut Aryastami, Sarimawar Djaja, Nariyah Djunaedi, Nariyah Handayani, Agus Dwi Harso, Karen Houston-Smith, Hartanti D. Ikawati, Endang Indriasih, Soewarta Karlina, Soewarta Kosen, Asep Kusnali, Melyana Lumbantoruan, Merry Lusiana, Santi Martini, Rofingatul Meilinda, Rofingatul Mubasyiroh, Dina Ningrum, Wahyu P. Nugraheni, Syarifah Nuraini, Ni'matun Nurlaela, Indah Pawitaningtyas, Herti W. Puspasari, Nurul Puspasari, Tety Rachmawati, Hasnani Rangkuti, Betty Roosihermiatie, Tita Rosita, Jenny Rustika, Jenny Samosir, Tyas Setyowati, Halimah Siregar, Siswanto, Sugianto, Suparmi, Ni K. Suryani, Ni K. Susilarini, Ingan Tarigan, Indang Trihandini, Mugi Wahidin, Tati Warouw, Retno Widyastuti, Haidong Wang, Emmanuela Gakidou, Simon Hay, Theo Vos, Mohsen Naghavi, Christopher J. L. Murray, Ali H. Mokdad
Summary: Using data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019, we analyzed the health patterns in Indonesian provinces between 1990 and 2019. The study found that Indonesia has made progress in increasing life expectancy and reducing infectious diseases, but there are disparities in health outcomes among provinces.
LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH
(2022)
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Economics
Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi, John Nkwoma Inekwe, Abdulrasheed Zakari
Summary: This study examines the relationship between transport infrastructure, CO2 emissions, and health outcomes, and finds that the quality of transport infrastructure in economies does not improve the negative health effects caused by CO2 emissions.
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Environmental Sciences
Jian Cheng, Hung Chak Ho, Chris Webster, Hong Su, Haifeng Pan, Hao Zheng, Zhiwei Xu
Summary: This study revealed that exposure to lower-than-standard particulate matter air pollution could shorten life expectancy and incur massive mortality burden among residents in Hong Kong, China.